Ronald Reagan

The prospect of winning the Nobel Peace Prize is understandably tantalizing for President Donald Trump. After all the contempt he has faced from the political establishment, watching liberal heads explode at the suggestion by South Korean President Moon Jae-in that he deserves the award must be gratifying. It would be even more gratifying to watch the collective meltdown as he delivered his Nobel acceptance speech.

Moon understands this, which precisely is why he dangled the prospect of a Nobel Prize in front of Trump. He is flattering Trump in the hopes that this will make him more flexible in his negotiations with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Trump should refuse to take...

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The prospect of winning the Nobel Peace Prize is understandably tantalizing for President Donald Trump. After all the contempt he has faced from the political establishment, watching liberal heads explode at the suggestion by South Korean President Moon...

Conspiracy theories. Spanish Golden Age paintings. Crates of hip-hop cassettes, stacked high and thoroughly played. Freemasonry. Rambo movies.
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When he was Ronald Reagan's secretary of state, George Shultz was once asked about the CIA's disavowal of involvement in a mysterious recent bombing in Lebanon. Replied Shultz: "If the CIA denies something, it's denied."
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